My child is 18 now and her father only made one payment and that's because we go to court next week. He made the payment this month; what will the judge do? He always quits his job and he never files taxes.
By Keisha from Fort Worth, TX
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How could we know what the judge will do? Even if any of us were judges, each judge does different things within the law. If he changes jobs frequently his wages can still be garnished. That is providing his jobs don't pay him under the table. He can always be jailed for non-payment, he can also end up having his driver's license taken away. If he is works and gets paid legitimately his income tax refund can be awarded to you. Did you ever work with your state's Department of Child Support, while your daughter was a minor? They do a remarkably good job of tracking down absent parents and getting them on record as having to pay a certain amount of child support every month.
Well - redhatterb certainly gave some excellent advice.
You did not say how old your daughter was when you first divorced so we have no way to know how long you put up with this nonsense.
You should have had your payments set up to go through the court at the time of your divorce as you already knew your husband was undoubtedly a deadbeat.
That being said - the judge may not be as hard on your ex as the child may no longer need support. It would have been better for you and your child to have followed through with this at an earlier time.
The court is pretty good at collecting support if payments are set up right in the beginning. I do know that some people have had to "help" the court by informing them of any information you hear about the "ex" as they only receive information through legal ways.
Why not cause the ex some problems if he is not even trying to do his share of support? I wish you luck but it now seems a little late as you may get a judgement but that is just a piece of paper unless he has some asset that you can "take away" and even doing that may cost more than its worth.
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